Galen eCalcs - Calculator: DASS21 (Depression/Anxiety/Stress)
Description
The DASS 21 Depression Screen is designed for patients aged 12 and older to measure the negative emotional states of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Calculator Search/Filter Keywords
At the calculator level, eCalcs comes delivered with default keywords that can be leveraged in the "Search/Filter" field to enable Specialty or System driven calculator searching. The following calculator keywords are delivered by default for the DASS21 calculator:
Specialties
- Family Practice
- Internal Medicine
- Psychiatry
Systems
- Nervous
Calculator Inputs
All statements are designed for manual input for this tool. No default mappings are available. The rating scale is as follows:
| Score | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Did not apply to patient at all |
| 1 | Applied to patient to some degree, or some of the time |
| 2 | Applied to patient to a considerable degree, or good part of the time |
| 3 | Applied to patient very much, or most of the time |
The questionnaire is comprised of the following statements:
| Statement |
|---|
| I found it hard to wind down |
| I was aware of dryness of my mouth |
| I couldn't seem to experience any positive feeling at all |
| I experienced breathing difficulty (eg, excessively rapid breathing,
breathlessness in the absence of physical exertion) |
| I found it difficult to work up the initiative to do things |
| I tended to over-react to situations |
| I experienced trembling (eg, in the hands) |
| I felt that I was using a lot of nervous energy |
| I was worried about situations in which I might panic and make
a fool of myself |
| I felt that I had nothing to look forward to |
| I found myself getting agitated |
| I found it difficult to relax |
| I felt down-hearted and blue |
| I was intolerant of anything that kept me from getting on with
what I was doing |
| I felt I was close to panic |
| I was unable to become enthusiastic about anything |
| I felt I wasn't worth much as a person |
| I felt that I was rather touchy |
| I was aware of the action of my heart in the absence of physical
exertion (eg, sense of heart rate increase, heart missing a beat) |
| I felt scared without any good reason |
| I felt that life was meaningless |
Calculator Outputs
| Output | Mapping Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DASS21 Depression Score | Result | The score and severity on the depression axis |
| DASS21 Anxiety Score | Result | The score and severity on the anxiety axis |
| DASS21 Stress Score | Result | The score and severity on the stress axis |
Quality Measures
| Measure Category | Measure Type | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| MIPS | PQRS | 134, 367 |